GAME
Date1982
DimensionsGame: 12.2 x 16 x 19.5 cm
Box: 24.8 x 18 x 22 cm
Box Liner: 23.5 x 17.5 x 21.5 cm
Object numberHF.82.164.1 A-F
DescriptionPortable battery operated PAC-MAN video game. Plastic toy (.1a) formed of 2 modified rectangle shapes. That form a wide base at the front for control board and narrowing toward the back. The pieces that form the upper part are recessed in the front for a display screen, and narrows toward the top. The keyboard has 2 white joystick controls and a black on-off switch. The top, sides, front and control board all have brightly colored pac-man pictures. The background is black with printing and pictures in red, yellow, white and blue. Rectangular box (.1b-c) designed to be opened at either end. Corrugated cardboard inner liner with a tuck-in flap. The box is blue with red, yellow and white lettering and color illustrations of the game. The liner is brown inside, mottled white outside. Instruction books, instruction decals in alternate language and an extra keyboard (.1d-f) are included.
Toy of the Year for 1982.
Narrative
For a period of time, PEI Museum & Heritage Foundation purchased "Toys of the Year" to add to the permanent artifact collection. In 1982, the PAC-MAN portable video game was that toy.?
Pac-Man, or more accurately Puck Man, was released in Japan in 1980. The name changed for the North American market to prevent scofflaws changing the "P" to an "F". According to Toru Iwatani, the game designer, Pac-Man was conceived as an antidote to the overwhelming number of games with violent themes. Pac-Man is still on of the most successful games in video game history.
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